David Henty spent five years in prison for forging passports. When he got out, he moved onto faking paintings by famous artists and selling them on eBay. Now he has an exhibition in a major UK art gallery.

Sadiq Khan is London's new mayor. Many Muslims in the UK see this as a historic and symbolic moment.

“Nkem means my own,” says Ifejika. “You know, like this this belongs to me. And it can be used as a term of endearment. And then Nkemakonam, which is the name in full, means may I never lack what is mine.”

In 1963 there was a trio called the Wailers that included Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston. Bob is gone. Peter Tosh was murdered in 1987. That leaves Bunny the last Wailer standing. And even though the Wailers folded a long time ago, Bunny keeps Wailer as his last name.

The famed Colombian novelist influenced fiction writers around the world. A major source of inspiration for his own work was a form of Colombian folk music called Vallenato.

Squash star Maria Toorpakai dressed as a boy to in order to play sports in the Waziristan zone of Pakistan. It went well, until the Taliban threatened to kill her for it.

Abel and Burlee Vang managed to get around the mostly white Hollywood community by turning to their own community, Hmong Americans. Hmong Americans financed their project, which has now been sold to a major motion picture company.

Seventeen years ago my family landed in London for the first time. One of the best part of our new life in this city was the local markets.

Puerto Rico's financial crisis deepened this week as its governor announced the US commonwealth is defaulting on a $422 million scheduled debt payment.

Critics earn a living watching, reading and listening to works of film, writing and music. But should it be anyone’s job to tell us what to like or what’s good?